ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.8.13 / module / nxos_ping Tests reachability using ping from Nexus switch. | "added in version" 2.1 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Jason Edelman (@jedelman8), Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele) preview | supported by networkansible.builtin.nxos_ping (v2.8.13) — module
pip
Install with pip install ansible==2.8.13
Tests reachability using ping from switch to a remote destination.
For a general purpose network module, see the M(net_ping) module.
For Windows targets, use the M(win_ping) module instead.
For targets running Python, use the M(ping) module instead.
- name: Test reachability to 8.8.8.8 using mgmt vrf nxos_ping: dest: 8.8.8.8 vrf: management host: 68.170.147.165
- name: Test reachability to a few different public IPs using mgmt vrf nxos_ping: dest: nxos_ping vrf: management host: 68.170.147.165 with_items: - 8.8.8.8 - 4.4.4.4 - 198.6.1.4
vrf: description: - Outgoing VRF. dest: description: - IP address or hostname (resolvable by switch) of remote node. required: true count: default: 5 description: - Number of packets to send. state: choices: - absent - present default: present description: - Determines if the expected result is success or fail. source: description: - Source IP Address or hostname (resolvable by switch) provider: description: - B(Deprecated) - 'Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using C(connection: network_cli).' - 'Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using C(connection: httpapi) for NX-API.' - This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01. - For more information please see the U(https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_nxos.html). - HORIZONTALLINE - A dict object containing connection details. suboptions: auth_pass: description: - Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If I(authorize) is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS) will be used instead. type: str authorize: default: false description: - Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE) will be used instead. type: bool host: description: - Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport. type: str password: description: - Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either I(cli) or I(nxapi) transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD) will be used instead. type: str port: description: - Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either I(cli) or I(nxapi). The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443). type: int ssh_keyfile: description: - Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the I(cli) transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE) will be used instead. type: str timeout: description: - Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc). type: int transport: choices: - cli - nxapi default: cli description: - Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi. type: str use_proxy: default: true description: - If C(no), the environment variables C(http_proxy) and C(https_proxy) will be ignored. type: bool use_ssl: default: false description: - Configures the I(transport) to use SSL if set to C(yes) only when the C(transport=nxapi), otherwise this value is ignored. type: bool username: description: - Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the nxapi authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME) will be used instead. type: str validate_certs: default: false description: - If C(no), SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored. type: bool type: dict
commands: description: Show the command sent returned: always sample: - ping 8.8.8.8 count 2 vrf management type: list packet_loss: description: Percentage of packets lost returned: always sample: 0.00% type: str packets_rx: description: Packets successfully received returned: always sample: 2 type: int packets_tx: description: Packets successfully transmitted returned: always sample: 2 type: int rtt: description: Show RTT stats returned: always sample: avg: 6.264 max: 6.564 min: 5.978 type: dict